The Last Week Before the Break

Reading and baking.

Playing and getting treats from friends

Looking at the lights for Family Home Evening

Being silly and practicing music:

Sammi played the opening hymn in Young Women and Becca had TWO Orchestra Concerts this week.  The second night she brought a pillow and lots of homework to keep her busy while she wasn’t performing.

 

Bec and Sam had a White Elephant Exchange in Joint YW/YM – it’s really weird for me to see Sammi on Wednesday nights.  I’ll get used to it, I think. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

In the medical world, five of the girls had dental check-ups.  Only three cavities to fix in January.  Bella had two procedures done downtown – a swallow study on Monday and a small surgery on Friday.

 

 

Writing to Santa and PJ Day at school:

Playing and enjoying each other:

Lizzy’s gift for us from school – a 2011 calendar complete with drawings for each month.

I, for one, was grateful when Friday was over.  All the teacher gifts had been delivered.  Bella’s procedures were all done.  It was a very busy and very stressful week for me.

 

 

 

Saturday Jason and I celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary.  18 years!  That’s a long time.  It means two things : we are old and we have been married a really long time.  We ate lobster and dreamed of our dream vacation in two years to Maine.  We talked about our years together and wondered what the future holds for us.

I am grateful that Jason has been the man by my side for these past eighteen years.  Whatever life has brought us, the good and the bad, I’ve had him to depend on and lean on.  I feel like we are two different people with our own individual capacities, but together we can handle so much more.  I am grateful for the confidence, trust, and faith in I have in Jason.  He is a good man.  I am grateful that he is my companion through this journey.

Cars – the Toyota got hit on the street, so a little body work was needed, plus the annual inspection and oil change plus the 30,000 mile tune-up.  Then the van needed a little work and an oil change and a safety inspection.  Then we came home from our anniversary date to find the back tire flat.  An expensive car weekend! 

 

Discovering Christmas and eating candy canes:

Jessi is working on her Faith in God.  She read D&C 89 and then had to teach us about it.  So she made us a game.  What Jason and I loved was that all six of our girls were in the room together!